James R. Schlesinger was Briefly the DCI
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People remember James R. Schlesinger as the American Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975. Later he also went on to become the first Secretary of Energy under the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
He briefly became the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency before leaving it to become the American Secretary of Defense. Since he had worked for three different Government Agencies, he possessed quite a resume for a job of this stature.